Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Electron (electron electron)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.05 % · percentile 64 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript (JS), HTML, and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to 18.0.0-beta.6, 17.2.0, 16.2.6, and 15.5.5 allows a renderer with JS execution to obtain access to a new renderer process with `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` enabled which in turn allows effective access to `ipcRenderer`. The `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` option does not implicitly grant Node.js access. Rather, it depends on the existing sandbox setting. If an application is sandboxed, then `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` just gives access to the sandboxed renderer APIs, which include `ipcRenderer`. If the application then additionally exposes IPC messages without IPC `senderFrame` validation that perform privileged actions or return confidential data this access to `ipcRenderer` can in turn compromise your application / user even with the sandbox enabled. Electron versions 18.0.0-beta.6, 17.2.0, 16.2.6, and 15.5.5 contain a fix for this issue. As a workaround, ensure that all IPC message handlers appropriately validate `senderFrame`.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 2.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 2.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-mq8j-3h7h-p8g7 — Compromised child renderer processes could obtain IPC access without nodeIntegrationInSubFrames being enabled
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-6098
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-29247
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 15.5.5cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 16.0.1 < 16.2.6cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 17.0.1 < 17.2.0cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:16.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:16.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:16.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:16.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:16.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:16.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:16.0.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:16.0.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:16.0.0:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:17.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:17.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:17.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:17.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:17.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:17.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:17.0.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:17.0.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:17.0.0:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:18.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:18.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:18.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:18.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:18.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| electron · electron | affected < 15.5.5 ; affected >= 16.0.0-beta.1, < 16.2.6 ; affected >= 17.0.0-beta.1, < 17.2.0 ; affected >= 18.0.0-beta.1, <= 18.0.0-beta.5 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |